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Chapter 13 the question of whitewashing in american history and social science

  • David Gibbs
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Unlearning the Language of Conquest
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. contents ix
  3. editor’s note on chief seathl’s speech xii
  4. acknowledgments xiv
  5. prologue: red road, red lake—red flag! 1
  6. introduction 18
  7. Contributor 18
  8. Chapter 1 happiness and indigenous wisdom in the history of the americas 29
  9. Chapter 2 adventures in denial: ideological resistance to the idea that the iroquois helped shape american democracy 45
  10. Chapter 3 burning down the house: laura ingalls wilder and american colonialism 66
  11. Chapter 4 (post) colonial plainsongs: toward native literary worldings 81
  12. Chapter 5 conquest masquerading as law 94
  13. Chapter 6 traditional native justice: restoration and balance, not “punishment” 108
  14. Chapter 7 where are your women? missing in action 120
  15. Chapter 8 peaceful versus warlike societies in pre-columbian america: what do archaeology and anthropology tell us? 134
  16. Chapter 9 ecological evidence of large-scale silviculture by california indians 153
  17. Chapter 10 preserving the whole: principles of sustainability in mi’kmaw forms of communication 166
  18. Chapter 11 the language of conquest and the loss of the commons 180
  19. Chapter 12 overcoming hegemony in native studies programs 190
  20. Chapter 13 the question of whitewashing in american history and social science 207
  21. Chapter 14 before predator came: a plea for expanding first nations scholarship as european shadow work 219
  22. Chapter 15 roy rogers, twin heroes, and the christian doctrine of exclusive salvation 232
  23. Chapter 16 western science and the loss of natural creativity 247
  24. Chapter 17 on the very idea of “a worldview” and of “alternative worldviews” 260
  25. epilogue 273
  26. Appendix essays from The Encyclopedia of American Indian History 275
  27. index 281
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